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Aug 9, 2018
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Sea Chicken
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Sorry, I don't buy it
I know a lot of non-lds people who's kids go to college out of state. The anecdotal evidence proves nothing.
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POLL: Are Mormons more likely to live closer to where they grew up than other people are?
Odysseus
8/9/18 12:26pm
Much less likely I imagine. BYU scatters us all over the place.
Memmo
8/9/18 12:28pm
How does BYU scatter people?
Sea Chicken
8/9/18 12:31pm
Picks people up and sprinkles them
Littlerich
8/9/18 12:31pm
I thought we believed in immersion
Sea Chicken
8/9/18 12:32pm
That is right, my bad
Littlerich
8/9/18 12:34pm
You go to college and often marry someone from a different state than where you
Memmo
8/9/18 12:35pm
Do you realize that the % of Mormons that go to BYU is pretty small?
Sea Chicken
8/9/18 12:37pm
Between BYU, BYUI, USU, UU, and SUU, you've probably got well over a
Left Shark Coug
8/9/18 12:46pm
USU, UU and SUU are state schools
Sea Chicken
8/9/18 1:02pm
Still highly populated by LDS, and I know plenty of out of state LDS parents who
Left Shark Coug
8/9/18 1:14pm
Sorry, I don't buy it
Sea Chicken
8/9/18 1:15pm
Over 2000 miles out of state on a regular basis? I don't buy it.
Left Shark Coug
8/9/18 1:50pm
Out of all the kids in my HS graduating class, I can only think of 3 who left TX
buffgato
8/9/18 2:10pm
That was Texas
Sea Chicken
8/9/18 2:55pm
Out of 50 or seniors that we graduated from seminary last year, probably fewer
Memmo
8/9/18 1:02pm
I remember in a senior seminar an assistant dean telling us...
Hawk in the 303
8/9/18 1:54pm
RE: I remember in a senior seminar an assistant dean telling us...
Sea Chicken
8/9/18 2:55pm
Mormons from Utah, closer. Mormons not from Utah, further.
Triznaynay
8/9/18 12:28pm
Is the common denominator that all Mormons go to Utah?
Odysseus
8/9/18 12:32pm
Obviously not all, but many.
Solomon Levi
8/9/18 12:34pm
unless they marry Mormons not from Utah
bluelands
8/9/18 1:10pm
I think the same, but that wasn't really the purpose of my post.
TCuz
8/9/18 12:33pm
The state of Pennsylvania is famous for people either staying
Carnac
8/9/18 12:34pm
That's where I live. Definitely true.
Odysseus
8/9/18 12:35pm
Of course, that may be a function of people
Carnac
8/9/18 12:38pm
the mainline in Philly is the most homebody place I've ever lived.
RugbyCoug
8/9/18 12:38pm
Interesting, I know someone moving there now after 40 years of living out of
califcougar
8/9/18 12:42pm
Go to BYU + meet someone from another state = you're definitely less likely
buffgato
8/9/18 12:34pm
less likely. Mormons have more of a built-in network and cultural village
RugbyCoug
8/9/18 12:39pm
Where my HCBW is from in Florida, it seemed like everyone’s goal was to live
BYUtka
8/9/18 12:40pm
Nothing wrong with being content.
SandYFan
8/9/18 12:54pm
Less likely. I think people out West are all generally less likely just due to the fact that cites
Baron
8/9/18 12:41pm
I’d say yes to Utah Mormons but about the same to those who grew up out of Utah
Druick
8/9/18 1:35pm
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